Reuters news, citing sourcesdisplayAmazon may face an investigation by the European Commission on the grounds of violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA) for promoting and selling its own brand products on its e-commerce platform.
However, Amazon stressed that it had not violated the law, but the European Commission apparently still determined that Amazon had violated competition, so it would intervene in the investigation to clarify whether there were any illegal facts involved.
Prior to this, the European Commission had already launched separate investigations into the EU operations of Google, Meta, and Apple, examining whether their software marketplaces and online services leveraged their platform advantages to favor their own services or products, thereby impacting fair competition. At the time, the European Commission had also hinted at a potential investigation into Amazon's business practices within the EU.
The decision to investigate was made by Teresa Ribera, the incoming EU antitrust commissioner and Spanish Minister of Energy and Environment. When she was nominated, she said she would strengthen supervision of the business development of large technology companies and foreign companies within the EU to avoid problems that affect fair market competition.
